Recent Headlines

Wisconsin was one of three improbable state victories that propelled Donald Trump to the White House in 2016. But without immediate Republican Party course corrections, the state’s conservative revolution could screech to a halt after the November elections, or even be reversed in some areas. That’s according to two Republican insiders, whose job it is […]

By James Wigderson “The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Tom Kertscher, writing in the newspaper’s fact-checking Politifact section, once again substitutes opinion for an objective evaluation of a political candidate’s statement. Kertscher gave a Supreme Court candidate a “half true” rating when everything he wrote in evidence pointed to a “Pants on Fire” rating for knowingly making […]

Hillary Clinton’s recent remarks about the states she didn’t win in the 2016 presidential election suggested that backwards-looking, racist and sexist messages appealed to voters there. With Wisconsin being one of the states covered by Clinton’s latest effort to explain away her defeat, the question now becomes: will Democrats candidates and leaders here repudiate her […]

Democrats in the state legislature are moving to ban “high capacity magazines” for most gun owners in Wisconsin. But what effect such a ban would have on mass shootings and even the definition of what a high capacity magazine is remains heavily disputed. According to an analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau, the bill: prohibits […]

By Amelia Heupp for Media Trackers Monday, March 5th the campus of UW-Stevens Point received an email from the office of Chancellor Bernie Patterson with the subject title, “Reimagining the University.” In the email, the Chancellor outlined a proposal to eliminate thirteen curriculum majors, primarily those in the area of humanities. The list of potentially eliminated […]

By Amelia Heup for Media Trackers Conservative students across the University of Wisconsin system in recent months have begun to call out university policies which they contend favor liberal and progressive student organizations, causes, and messages. This problem does not simply plague big schools, such as UW-Madison, but has come to light on small campuses […]

A recent YouGov poll showed that 39 percent of Democrats supported the full and outright repeal of the 2nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. If that is indeed the case, than their representatives in Congress look to be doing just that. As a result of the tragic shooting at Parkland, Florida high school last month, […]

Supporters of a proposed national marine sanctuary zone along Lake Michigan’s west coast were caught off guard this week when Governor Scott Walker rescinded his support for the proposal. Walker’s new stance is in sharp contrast to a defensive response Media Trackers got last year when asking Walker’s office about his support for the zone. […]

Lobbyist and former state assembly speaker John Gard won’t be on the ballot in August for the 1st State Senate District Republican primary. But his presence may loom large in the race nonetheless. Gard is involved in the campaign of 24 year old Alex Renard, who announced Tuesday he will challenge State Representative Andre Jacque […]

Last week, Media Trackers broke the story of a serious identity theft threat that exists in some Wisconsin courthouses. Media Trackers shared the story with several media outlets. But as Communications Director Jerry Bader reports in today’s podcast, it appears none have reported on it; at least not yet.